The city of Baltimore has a rich cultural history that is well preserved in the museums located in the largest city in Maryland. The museums in Baltimore range from art museums to railroad museums to science museums and all are great places to visit. These are the five must see museums in Baltimore.
Baltimore Museum of Art
The Baltimore Museum of Art is located on Art Museum Drive at North Charles and 31st Street about 3 miles north of the inner harbor in Baltimore, Maryland. More than 90,000 art works and objects are housed in the museum including paintings, furniture, decorative arts, Chinese ceramics, African art and more. The Baltimore Museum of Art contains the largest Henri Matisse collection in the world as well as paintings and sculptures by such famous artists as Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Rodin and Andy Warhol. For more info call 443-573-1700.
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum is located at 901 West Pratt Street in Baltimore, Maryland and contains an extensive collection or railroad locomotives dating back as far as 1829. The 40 acre museum also contains railroad china and silver, outdoor train platforms, railroad time pieces and a covered roundhouse dome above a wooden turntable that has 22 stalls each containing railroad cars and locomotives. for more info call 410-752-2490.
Maryland Science Center, IMAX Theater and Davis Planetarium
The Maryland Science Center is located at 601 Light Street at the Inner Harbor and contains a wide variety of hands-on science exhibits including The Dinosaur Mysteries, Your Body: The Inside Story, SpaceLink and the Kids Room. Also in this great museum are the multimedia Davis Planetarium and a five-story IMAX Theater. For more info call 410-685-5225.
The Walters Art Museum
The Walters Art Museum is located at 600 North Charles Street at the junction of Centre and Cathedral Streets. This wonderful Baltimore city owned museum contains more than 34,000 works of art dating back over 55 centuries. Artwork contained in the Walters Art Museum includes paintings, sculptures, Faberge Eggs, tapestries, ceramics, enamels, manuscripts, jewelry, arms and armor. for more info call 410-547-9000.
Evergreen Museum and Library
The Evergreen Museum and Library is located at 4545 North Charles Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The museum is a 48 room 1850's Italianate mansion that was the home of the railroad tycoon Garrett family from 1878-1942. The Garrett family owned the B&O Railroad from Monolopy board game fame and the family collected over 50,000 pieces of artworks including classic paintings and sculptures, rare books, tapestries, prints and more from around the world which are on display in the Evergreen Museum and Library. For more info call 410-516-0341.
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